170984 20260430151736.0 doi 10.1007/s11162-026-09898-2 sideral 149044 ART-2026-149044 eng García-Mainar, Inmaculada Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2503-2829 Educational Gender Segregation and Educational Mismatch 2026 The increasing connection between higher education and the workforce may influence gender-based educational and occupational segregation. If men and women continue to gravitate toward fields historically dominated by their own gender, this segregation will persist. Furthermore, the chosen field of study carries implications for labor market mismatch, as certain majors are more prone to producing graduates who struggle to find positions aligned with their qualifications. Using a representative sample of employed graduates from the Spanish Labor Force Survey, this paper examines the relationship between gender, gender-dominated fields of study, and educational mismatch. Conditional on labor market participation, discrete choice models reveal that studying in a gender-dominated field is associated with lower vertical and horizontal mismatch (i.e., overeducation and field of study mismatch) —a finding supported by several robustness checks. This finding is especially pronounced in horizontal mismatch when gender and field-dominance coincide. Consequently, the higher risk of mismatch in gender-neutral fields may provide a rationale for the continued persistence of gender-segregated educational choices. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-118355RB-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-23R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Montuenga-Gómez, Víctor M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2893-4051 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 67, 26 (2026), [33 pp.] Res. high. educ. RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION 0361-0365 1937891 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170984/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1375783 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170984/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:170984 articulos driver 2026-04-30-13:58:26 ARTICLE